FilmLab came from a personal desire to have a better tool for viewing and digitizing our negatives. We love film photography, but found the process of organizing, viewing, and digitizing negatives to be a chore. A lot of this has to do with the tediousness of scanning negatives using a flatbed scanner. Abe started thinking about what might be possible using the cameras and processing power of modern smartphones. After a couple years of research and development, and a boost from a successful Kickstarter campaign, FilmLab was born.

Abe has worked on many software projects in the last 20 years, but FilmLab has definitely been the most interesting, challenging, and rewarding. There’s much work to do in making superior software for film photographers and archivers!